Articles filed under Health Crises
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J&J COVID vaccine factory forced to trash even more dosesAug 11, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - About 135 million more doses of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled Baltimore factory will have to be destroyed due to quality problem...
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EXPLAINER: Can the spread of monkeypox be stopped?Aug 10, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Since May, nearly 90 countries have reported more than 31,000 cases of monkeypox. The World Health Organization classified the escalating outbreak of the o...
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London kids to be offered polio shot after more virus foundAug 10, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday after British health authorities reported finding evidence th...
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WHO: COVID-19 deaths fall overall by 9%, infections stableAug 10, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable, according to the latest weekly pandemic report rel...
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District 204 shifting COVID focus to infection control rather than contact tracingAug 10, 2022 1:00 am - While COVID-19 protocols in Indian Prairie Unit District 204 will remain similar to last school year, at least one major change is coming for returning students. In an u...
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Fewer than 1 in 3 insured hepatitis C patients getting cureAug 09, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer than 1 in 3 people infected with hepatitis C are getting the expensive treatments that can cure them, according to a U.S. government study released...
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Daily Herald opinion: New school year opens optimistically regarding pandemic - but cautiouslyAug 09, 2022 1:00 am - This editorial is the consensus opinon of the Daily Herald Editorial Board From the beginning of the pandemic, scientists have known that the school environment is ...
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Major test of first possible Lyme vaccine in 20 years beginsAug 08, 2022 7:00 am - DUNCANSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - Researchers are seeking thousands of volunteers in the U.S. and Europe to test the first potential vaccine against Lyme disease in 20 years -- i...
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'Going to look normal': Many precautions will ease in schools even as COVID lingersAug 06, 2022 1:00 am - No more having to seat students 3 feet apart. No more mandatory universal masking in schools or COVID testing. Thousands of suburban students are heading back to classro...
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UK: 'Early signs' that monkeypox outbreak may be peakingAug 05, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British health authorities said Friday the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the epidemic's growth rate has slowed. The U.K.'s ...